Victorian Regional Channels
Authority
GEELONG
Gateway to Victoria s Western District
Geelong is the largest regional port in Victoria
and handles 25 per cent of Victoria s overseas
exports, most of which are raw materials like
petroleum products, bulk grain and woodchips.
Crude oil, petroleum products and fertiliser raw
material dominate its imports. In a typical year
the Port of Geelong handles approximately 12
million tonnes of cargoes with 550 ship visits.
The port has a number of separate piers and
wharves in Geelong including:
• Point Henry Pier, used by Alcoa Australia Ltd;
• Bulk Grain Pier, managed by Graincorp;
• Point Wilson Explosives Pier, presently not
in use;
• Refinery Pier, used by the Shell Company of
Australia Ltd and Terminals Pty. Ltd.;
• Corio Quay;
• Lascelles Wharf; and
• Cunningham Pier, which provides berthing
for cruise and navy ships.
Aside from the Point Wilson Explosives
Pier, Cunningham Pier and Bulk Grain Pier,
GeelongPort is managed by GeelongPort Pty
Ltd, which has owned most of the land-based
infrastructure since the port was privatised in
July 1996.
SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY!
The VRCA is focused on initiatives
which will:
• Increase the efficiency and viability of the Port
of Geelong.
• Enhance accessibility to the Port of Geelong
for commercial shipping through channel
depth optimisation.
• Provide shippers and other port users with
access to a fully integrated port information
management system.
• Enhance safe navigation in the port through
provision of state-of-the-art navigation aids.
• Oversee the maintenance of safe and secure
commercial shipping channels and port
waters in the ports of Hastings and Portland.
• Ensure the safety of all vessels, including
recreational craft, in Geelong channels and
port waters.
Victorian Regional Channels Authority
Victorian Regional Channels Authority
Level 5, 65 Brougham Street,
Geelong Victoria 3220
Phone: 03 5225 3500
Web: www.regionalchannels.vic.gov.au
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